KKR vs LSG IPL contest will not be shifted to Guwahati from Eden Gardens

The IPL match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Lucknow Super Giants was rescheduled from April 6, Sunday, to April 8, Tuesday, by the BCCI on Friday.

The decision follows a request from Kolkata Police to the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) regarding the deployment of personnel across the city owing to Ramanavami festivities, the BCCI said in a press release. The match will be played in Kolkata's Eden Gardens and not in Guwahati as speculated.

The authorities have recommended that the game be moved to Tuesday at 3:30 PM, and the request has been accommodated accordingly, the BCCI release reportedly added.

Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) President Snehashish Ganguly had earlier told PTI that they had requested the BCCI to reschedule the game.

"We have informed the BCCI to reschedule the match, but there is no scope for rescheduling the game in the city later and I'm now hearing that it's going to be shifted to Guwahati," Ganguly had said on March 20.

The board said the rest of the schedule remains unchanged, which will now have only one match on April 6 (Sunday) -- the fixture between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Gujarat Titans in Hyderabad.

Tuesday, April 8, will be a double-header match day, featuring the KKR vs LSG fixture in the afternoon in Kolkata, followed by Punjab Kings hosting Chennai Super Kings (Match No. 22) in New Chandigarh in the evening, as per the original schedule, the board added.